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FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.8 s

27/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value13.9 s

1/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,000 ms

27/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value32.0 s

0/100

10%

southernlights.biz

393 ms

bootstrap.min.css

364 ms

font-awesome.min.css

220 ms

animate.min.css

321 ms

owl.carousel.css

162 ms

Our browser made a total of 93 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 80% of them (74 requests) were addressed to the original Southernlights.biz, 6% (6 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 5% (5 requests) were made to Youtube.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (816 ms) belongs to the original domain Southernlights.biz.

Content Size

7.0 MB

After Optimization

6.2 MB

In fact, the total size of Southernlights.biz main page is 7.0 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 5.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 60.0 kB

Original 72.7 kB
After minification 54.8 kB
After compression 12.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 17.9 kB, which is 25% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 60.0 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 89.1 kB

Original 5.9 MB
After minification 5.8 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Southern Lights images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-54%

Potential reduce by 373.6 kB

Original 687.7 kB
After minification 678.9 kB
After compression 314.1 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 373.6 kB or 54% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 221.8 kB

Original 321.9 kB
After minification 312.0 kB
After compression 100.1 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Southernlights.biz needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 221.8 kB or 69% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 85 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Southern Lights. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

High

Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] are missing some or all of those required children.

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Links do not have descriptive text

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Southernlights.biz can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Southernlights.biz main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

southernlights.biz

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Southern Lights. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks:

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Solar by Southern Lights, LLC full-service solar integration and electrical contracting company in southern Illinois

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First Response

Resources Loaded

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About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

southernlights.biz

bootstrap.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

animate.min.css

owl.carousel.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

southernlights.biz

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font-awesome.min.css

animate.min.css

owl.carousel.css

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jquery.isotope.min.js

jquery.inview.min.js

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